About the Authors

Zhao Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhao Li, Qinyi Chen

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of medicine, Shanghai, China

Bo Ye

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Minwei Bao

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Binbin Xu

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of medicine, Shanghai, China

Qinyi Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhao Li, Qinyi Chen

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Sida Liu

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of medicine, Shanghai, China

Yudong Han

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of medicine, Shanghai, China

Mingzhen Peng

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of medicine, Shanghai, China

Zhifeng Lin

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of medicine, Shanghai, China

Jingpei Li

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangzhou Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangdong Province, China

Wenzhuo Zhu

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of medicine, Shanghai, China

Qiang Lin

xklinqiang@hotmail.com (QL); Xiong_li_wen@126.com (LWX)

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of medicine, Shanghai, China

Liwen Xiong

xklinqiang@hotmail.com (QL); Xiong_li_wen@126.com (LWX)

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Z. Li QC QL LX. Performed the experiments: Z. Li BY MB BX SL YH MP Z. Lin JL WZ. Analyzed the data: Z. Li QC BX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BX BY SL. Wrote the paper: Z. Li QC.